in the second half of the season, posting a 4.97 ERA in 28 appearances. However, Rosenthal notes that Tigers GMDaveDombrowski has said that family issues affected Chamberlain after the All-Star break. The deal is pending a physical.

million contract before the 2013 season, they were buying the pitcher, not the pitcher’s velocity, general manager DaveDombrowski says. That pitcher, now 32, was not the same last season, not after undergoing core-muscle surgery the previous January

after taking a foul tip off the mask. ''Anybody that's had concussions, you get concerned about,'' team president DaveDombrowski said. ''Hopefully he's in a spot where we can protect him as much as possible. You can only do so much. The doctors

thinks that all of them are going to be years of investment that are at the highest rate,'' Detroit Tigers president DaveDombrowski said. ''You expect some type of decline and adjustment that takes place.'' Pitchers and catchers start workouts with

left knee Tuesday. The Tigers say their designated hitter should resume full activity in 4-6 weeks. General manager DaveDombrowski says they are happy the surgery went well. Detroit announced last week that Martinez tore the medial meniscus in his left

but then he got on Twitter, saw what was going on and said to himself, "I think I might get traded." Tigers GMDaveDombrowski eventually broke the news to Smyly, leaving him shocked. Well, it turns out that the trade could be the best thing

worked together for more than two decades, since Avila hired them for the Florida Marlins under current Tigers GMDaveDombrowski . Miguel Garcia, now the Tigers' director of Latin American operations, was the Marlins' chief evaluator on

he has a 0.79 ERA in his two starts while Sanchez was recovering from a blister -- but manager Brad Ausmus and GMDaveDombrowski don't want to keep him in the bullpen as a long reliever. They want him to be starting on a regular basis in